OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Thais tissoti (Petit, 1852)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Purpura tissoti Petit, 1852
   Thais tissoti (Petit, 1852)

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaIndia (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri Lanka
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.27 

Keywords

depth: mid intertidal 
habitat: rocky shore 

References

 Tan, K.S. & Sigurdsson, J.B. 1996. p.95, figs. 9a-d, 11a-f, 12b, 14, pl. 3g-p General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Thais Röding, 1798
                              Thais tissoti (Petit, 1852)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50068) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-27. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-10-09.